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Mckary mail me at akinwumilawanson@gmail.com. The old email was hacked and I can no longer access it

When I was a youth corps member in 2006. I bought palm kernel nuts in Eke Avrugo Kogi state where I served and I went to Nsukka to get a lorry to transport it to the refinery in Nsukka but nobody was ready to follow me. They were all complaining of bad road. At the end of the day one man agreed to follow me and he was speaking Igbo to my companion. It was when I got back to Avrugo that my landlady's questioning revealed him as a Yoruba from Osun state. His Yoruba was not very good though.

Congratulations!

Airlord2030:
I have been there too and I wonder where he got that statistics from.
The Owerri dey always hype is nothing but a shithole full of loose women.

Read this punch article

https://punchng.com/yoruba-community-in-anambra-debunks-rumours-of-ethnic-conflict/

gidgiddy:
Lol, this guy is funny. What he wants people to believe is that had the North gone their way, Ojukwu would have declared Biafra, just so he can fight war with the rest of Southern Nigeria to take over what is left

The British did not partition the country properly and that would remain an issue. Now is the time to correct all the wrongs.

Will Lagos be granted more seats in the house of representatives?.

According to the NIN registration data, the rest of the SW apart from Lagos is around 118 percent of Lagos population while the SE is around 80 percent of Lagos population and the trend is continuing. It is not because of port because the population of Cotonou is only around one million people. Will Lagos be granted more seats in the house of representatives so that they can have their equity in government?. The only thing Lagos is doing different is collect taxes and being able to pay their bills from their internally generated revenue.

OkCornel:
Thanks for this.

Just curious, can a mathematician decode IFÁ?

Yes, once you learn the signs, you are good to go.

OkCornel:
This thread is to focus on the positive attributes and achievements of the major tribes in Nigeria;

The Omoluabis, Lukumis, Anagos (popularly known as the Yorubas) - A very rich culture and history spreading across Western Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, parts of Ghana, Brazil, Cuba and the Caribbeans.

Intelligent, accommodating, tolerant.

Gave the gift of IFÁ and Orunmila to the world. A non-discriminatory belief system.

Impeccable fashion state as evident in their local fabrics.

The Hausas

The Fulanis

The Igbos

The Ijaws


Will complete this later today.

Just to add that IFA is a spirit language to communicate with your spirit and other spirits. It uses 256 signs. It is not a belief system. Just a mathematical language. It is scientific

GBTYO:
Ojukwu would have had him shot .

Banjo was under immense duress and I am sure that he did not have the complete picture of what was going on and fell for Ojukwu's lies.


It was at Benin that Banjo saw that he made a grave mistake as he detailed how the so-called liberators went about harassing and killing civilians they claimed they came to save from the Fulani.

I don't agree with that. He did not take the commission under duress. I believe he could have politely refused. It was a mistake for him to accept the commission for which he paid with his life.

Another good question is what would have happened if Colonel Banjo had refused the commission to lead the liberation army into the Midwest and west. I am not sure that Colonel Ojukwu would have continued with the plan and Nigeria would have broken up.

gidgiddy:
But the constitution does not give them control of their resources, which is the more important thing

There is no big deal in giving even all the oil to the center. No country has ever become great by selling natural resources

States are the most powerful in the Nigerian arrangement. The constitution gives them power over personal income tax. Tell me what is stopping any state from becoming financially independent like Lagos when they have millions of people having income and thousands of high net worth individuals?. What restructuring do they need again?. If there is restructuring Lagos will have to be giving part of her revenue to Abuja

Ethnic nationalities. Tribe is low number and low organization.

China made more than ten times the 2025 budget of Nigeria from the business interests or profit seeking ventures of the Chinese government in China and all over the world and China is not up to ten times the population of Nigeria. This is a remarkable feat. I am not sure but I think the biggest of these ventures must be the Chinese Energy company that generates and distributes power for the over one billion Chinese.

History555:
If you are not faithful in small things, you cannot be faithful in larger things. Is it not from the little we have govt officials are buying mansions in Hampton, 22 million dollars pent House on Newyork billionaire rows, multiple rolls royce and Bentleys. Then imagine what they will buy at 50%. And still you will not see the health care while they receive health care abroad

You talk as if Nigeria has never seen good governance before.

Obaaderemi2:
Nigeria is currently doing less than 10%

Yes much less than ten percent especially if the GDP by PPP is used.

mrvitalis:
Well depends on alot of things... Source of GDP
Countries growth policy

But it's generally recommended you tax between 20 to 35% of GDP...

Socialist inclined Society tend to tax more that capitalists inclined society

Moreover the tax policy of the country is what determines

Scandinavia is a success story and they do up to fifty percent. If the US had universal healthcare, they will also be doing up to that. Everything is copy and paste. No need to reinvent the wheel. In Nigeria, states with tens of billions of dollars of GDP take almost nothing from it.

How much of the GDP should the government take via taxes?.

The larger the part of the GDP taken via taxation by the government, the higher the human development index of the country will be. The Scandinavian nations take around fifty percent of their GDP output and they are among, if not the most prosperous nations on Earth as of today. If there is nobody working under the table in a country and taxation encompasses all workers and income earners, then high taxation will not or can not impoverish anybody since the market will adjust to it. Wages as well as prices will be higher but this will not matter since everybody in the country is carried along. It will be as if nobody is paying any tax at all.
Fixing minimum wage and high taxes so that government can have enough funds for education, healthcare, infrastructure, security, investments and etc is the way to go.
I will say rerouting up to fifty percent of the GDP to the center is the way to go.

adams123:
Let us serve the THE GOD ALMIGHTY, THE LORD OF THE WORLD "ALLAH" THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE.
You should stop worshipping Jesus Christ because worshipping Jesus Christ is the same as worshipping ifa in Obasanjo's case. Be a Muslim and get eternal salvation.

Just like your parents want you to respect other people, the chief deity or God does not have any issue with you worshipping anything. Don't be deceived by holy books. God is against evil not against idolatry. The real God is not a jealous God. Your parents can't get jealous if you greet and respect other people.

IFA is the portal through which your spirit can help you access any information. With IFA, you are a fully conscious human being

gidgiddy:
The people who made and imposed the fraud known as the "1999 constitution" knew what they were doing. When one reads what has to be done to create a new State, you find out you have more chances of traveling to the moon

If they disband the senate, it will be possible. States can then merge or break up as they deem fit. However it is best to end the union

One billion dollars can employ up to one hundred and twenty thousand people.

The present constitution can not allow states to be created. The constitution left by the British allowed on demand state creation after a referendum but this one of 1999 does not. The senate have to be disbanded first to make state creation easy.

ProudlyLagos:
😂😂mumu man, you left your shitty region for Lagos my father land, so I should be the one asking you to go fu*k yourself

No one migrates to your shitty region, you are the one that is leeching on us, we have called off your bluff severally, and asked you to return back home, or are we not audible enough? But you rather die in yorubaland than migrate back home. You need us more than we need you, and the trend of migration proves that fact

You lot are leeches and it’s quite obvious from the stats eat the humble pie nwokem…Yoruba lagba, both politically and economically, we no be mate

There are millions of westerners in the East as well. The Yoruba leader in Anambra says there are over 500k in the state alone. Lagos may have over two million Igbos but that is because of the Lagos'high population. The SE is around the size of Oyo state but it is very rich in water resources and can support far more people than Oyo state. It currently supports around 250 percent of Oyo population. Yorubas are also well dispersed within Nigeria. The same is true for all ethnic groups in the country.

Iwori Ogunda
A well made drum will never be short of who to beat it

This was the IFA cast for Akin Lawanson whose plan to change Nigeria for the better was turned by USA, Russia, India and China to a plan to change the world.

He was advised to sacrifice.
He listened and complied.
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
US, Russia, China India and then others deployed all their resources for Akin Lawanson


Story
Who would have thought that in the 21st century, the United states would team up with Russia, China and India primarily to free the whole world from all kinds of ills like backwardness, inequality, neo imperialism, neo colonialism, religion.and etc. The US made the decision on their own to end all the malaise on Earth and then approached first Russia then China and India with their resolve to use Akin Lawanson to change the whole world. That approach to Russia was in 2000. Since then I have been saved from over thirty assassination attempts starting in 2006 before I even joined social media. I did not know that most of the assailants were after me up till 2023.
As a result of the work, the world will be a new place of peace, equality, prosperity and competition for people among nations.


Owonrin Irete
If the masses pay less tax they will be more prosperous.


This was the IFA cast for President Tinubu whose desire to erase taxation for many in Nigeria via a tax reform law led to a worse economic condition for the whole of his country.

He was advised to sacrifice
He listened but did not comply
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
When the masses are free from taxation they are also free from general prosperity. They will have a low HDI as a nation.




Irosun Ogbe

Whatever you are doing, let other people in

This was the IFA cast for the entrepreneur who sought venture capital and grew his market share thereby to become a dollar billionaire.

He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
Prosperity is easier with co travelers.


Iwori Oturupon

If a sensible person can not do it then God can not do it

This was the IFA cast for the sensible person who would not believe that God is going to punish people for idolatry and unbelief.



Iwori Owonrin

I want my wards to reverence only me.


This was the IFA cast for the God of religion who said no other God must be worshipped except him.
It was cast for the parents that insisted that their child should respect only them and no other.
They were advised to sacrifice. They listened but they did not comply.
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
There is nothing wrong in allowing your subordinates to get along with other people by respecting them.

Irosun Ofun
Welfare handouts boosts the economy.


This was the IFA cast for the nation that became prosperous by brewing prosperity for everybody.
They were advised to sacrifice
They listened and complied.
Onlooking people of Po and Offa, any nation that caters for the people at the bottom of the ladder of prosperity will be deemed wealthy.


Ogunda Otura
Everybody will have some

This was the IFA cast for the God of providence who would plant innovations in cultures one after each other so that every culture will have some.
He was advised to sacrifice.
He listened and complied.
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!
The goodies go around till everybody is served.

Story
God has a way of making everything go round according to the Yoruba saying ‘Iran meta Kii tosi’ meaning ‘ three generations of the same family will never be poverty stricken. That is how God works.


Owonrin Ogunda
The little seedling that was buried became the giant tree that would not allow smaller trees underneath to flourish.

This was the IFA for the nation that sentences people to death for apostasy.

They were advised to sacrifice
They listened but they did not comply.
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
Do not sentence people to death for apostasy!. We have not recovered from Jesus Christ.


Oturupon meji

It is what you pursued in this life that you will pursue during your next.

This was the IFA cast for Orunmila who was among those building a better world for all and who will still do the same thing during his next incarnation.

He was advised to sacrifice
He listened and complied
On looking people of Po and Offa!.
It is what you are this life that will be the foundation for your next.

Owonrin Oturupon
The ocean can not grow bigger despite that rivers empty into it.

This was the IFA cast for the intellectual that embraced religion ie Christianity or Islam.

They were advised to sacrifice
They listened but they did not comply.
Onlooking people of Po and Offa!.
Religion is an affront on the intellect.

That should be the MTN CEO

PresidObi:
And mine their oilfields and gas reserves too.

Don't focus on oil money. Without oil money, any state with millions of residents can be financially independent.

PresidObi:
As Nigeria is currently structured, I will urge South east states to stop declaring their VAT, hide and use it to develop the region, but collect as much as you can from the centre

It's not only them that knows the trick of mining our oil and gas and giving us peanuts in th4 name of allocations.

If you are not happy, let's do regional governments or full state autonomy.

Hateful propaganda is useless.

Nothing is stopping any state from being financially independent. It is to do with IGR. All states have millions of people that have income, hundreds of thousands of landlords that collect rent and thousands of high net worth individuals. What is stopping them from becoming financially independent?.

The weight of an entrepreneur.

The weight of a city is the revenue the government can generate from it which is an indicator of the population of workers and consumers in the city. A measure of the weight of a corporation is the number of full time workers on its payroll and this is a better indicator of corporate weight than any other parameter. The financial weight of an entrepreneur is the number of people his or her equity can employ. A person owning ten percent of a 1000 worker company is bigger than someone whose company or sole proprietorship is employing 50 people and the debt to equity ratio of a corporation is also important. A company will not be very competitive product price wise if its debt to equity ratio is very high because it will need to be servicing its debts and that will mean higher prices.
Apart from the number of people the equity of an entrepreneur can employ, a value of an entrepreneur is his or her vision and ability to lead his or her company to profit.
Therefore a good way to size up an entrepreneur is to check how many workers he or she is leading especially if it is a private business.